3" FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



MALVAVISCUS, Adans. 



M. sepium, Schl. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. ( Johnson}. 



M. - sp. (Hemsl.) 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1886). " Near M. pilosus, DC." 

 Hemsley. 



M. arboreus, Cav. forma. 



A common shrub about Izamal. On the Cerro Grande, Jan. 

 J 3> J 895, (60). Fruits of this species were collected afterwards 

 at Silam by Dr. Gaumer (April, 1895). 



M. concinnus, H.B.K. 



Roadside and edges of open woods. Cedral, Island of Coz- 

 umel, Jan. 5, 1895 (42). 



HIBISCUS, Linn. 

 M. tubiflorus, DC. HOL. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet; widely branching. Road from Mascab-Pixoy 

 to Xuku, in flower and fruit Jan. 22, 1895 (157). 



BOMBACACEAE. 

 BOMBAX, Linn. 



B. Ceiba, Linn. Cciba, YAXCHE. 



One of the largest trees noted on the trip, 80 to loofeet. Fine 

 specimens in and about Izamal, and between Xcolak and Tuncas, 

 also at Chichen Itza. 



CAROLINEA, Linn. 



C. alba (Aubl.) Lodd. XCUYCHE. KUYCHE. 



The beautiful Amapola blanca, cultivated extensively about 

 Izamal and Merida. Not yet in bloom Jan. 21, 1895. 



C. fastuosa, (D.C. ) Sesse. Amapola Colorado. 



Cultivated with the last. A few of the magnificent rose-colored 

 flowers expanded Jan. 21, 1895, 



C. macrocarpa (Aubl.) Ch. & Schl. 



Pachira macrocarpa, Aubl. Yucatan, loc. ignot. {Johnson). 



CEIBA, Medic. 



C. pentandra, (Linn.) Gaertn. Pochoie, PEEM. 



Bombax pentandrum, Linn. Bombax Ceiba, Lun. (non Linn.) 

 Ericdendron anfractuosum, D.C. Plentiful throughout the Pen- 

 insula. Fine specimens both to the north and south of Izamal, 

 also at Mascab Pixoy. 



